Photograph of eleven men in Fireman uniforms sitting in two rows in front of the fire house.

An admission ticket to the Praetorian Building Observatory (Dallas, Texas). This ticket was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).

Patent for a fishing game for amusement parks which has a canal of liquid agitated to form a current with pictures of fish in it that when caught get the person fishing different prizes depending on the symbol they have on them.

Patent for an apparatus for supplying, heating, and burning crude oil and air for use in heating stoves.

Patent for an automatic hay baling press which has more packing devices for feeding the hay into the press than previous versions.

Patent for a baggage fastener which ties around the box securely.

Patent for a car coupling that separately joins two train cars together. illustrations included.

Patent for a railroad car ventilator, which supplies fresh air to the car and sends stale air out of the car. It also is equipped with an ice cooling system and a disinfectant spray system.

Patent for a catamenial sack. This invention is a "catamenial sacks or shields and the object is to provided such a device which will be cleanly and sanitary in effect, which is pliable and easily and comfortably conformable to the form of the wearer" (lines 8-13). Illustration included.

Patent for "an improvement in check valves particularly adapted for use on locomotive boilers" (lines 9-11) with illustrations.

Patent for a rotary dasher churn operated by a spring motor. Illustrations included.

A photograph of the Dallas, Texas city skyline. Buildings in the background include The Dorsey Company Printer Office Supplies, Joseph Linz Building, Craddock & Smith Insurance, Mackay Telegraph-Cable Co. This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College.

Patent for a cleaning and polishing apparatus for sand blasting various objects, such as furniture, which does not require an operator to be watching the operation.

Patent for a combined pencil holder and sharpener, which uses the sharpener as a pencil cap.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which cut the cotton into hills of equal distance apart.

Patent for a cotton gin which uses air blasts to clear cotton from the saws of the gin. Illustrations included.

Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustration included.

Postcard with a photograph showing one of the wagons used by "Engine Co. #2" of the Dallas Fire Department traveling down a street in Dallas, Texas. This wagon is being pulled along by two horses, and is carrying at least three firemen; one fireman is driving the wagon while the others are in the back.

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000

Patent for a doffer for removing cotton lint from gin saw blades, which does not harm the saws and is very sturdy.

Patent for an electrically operated railway crossing gate. Illustration included.

Envelope for invitation from Mr. and Mrs. William A. Shaw for Mr. and Mrs. Claude White, postmarked in Dallas, Texas.

Patent for fence posts. This invention is designed with metal fence fabric set in concrete. Illustration included.

Large, two-story wood clad residence with wrap-around roofed porch. The center section of the porch has a balcony porch on the 2nd floor. Two benches are visible on the porch; the foundation is skirted with brick; the porch steps are concrete. A small pied horse is standing in front of the porch. Four people are on the porch, a man standing, a boy standing, a man seated, and a woman standing partially behind him. Left to right: ALLEN, Robert Clint. Born Feb 1893. ALLEN, Cecil Butler. Born Sept 1899. ALLEN, Finis Ewing. Born 21 Apr 1857, Pettis Co MO; died 6 Jan 1918, Richardson TX. Allen, Lelia Ashby Butler. Born May 1862 KY. Robert Clint Allen, standing, wearing coat and hat;